Ms Andrea

Andrea Maciel De Faria was born in Brazil and began her ballet studies at the age of 3 at the Ballet Cristina Helena. In 2003, on her graduation year, Ms. Maciel de Faria moved to Germany to pursue her ballet studies at the Palucca School of Dresden. Ms. Maciel de Faria’s professional associations have been with the Sesiminas Company of Dance (Brazil), the Columbia Classical Ballet, the Milwaukee Ballet, Orlando Ballet and Cirque Du Soleil, La Nouba.

Ms Hartley

Hartley began her dance training at three years old. She studied hip hop, jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary, and acro. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in May 2023. She returned to Clermont to pursue her passions and be immersed in sports and entertainment. She is delighted to be instructing her favorite genres of dance, hip hop and acro, at the studio where she grew up!

Ms Marena

Marena has performed and worked in multiple venues across the nation as a dancer, actor, singer, choreographer and teacher. She trained at The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment at OSU and had the opportunity to dance in the Sesame Street Party Parade at SeaWorld Orlando as a Fairy Girl in their opening cast. Besides having extensive training and education in dancing and teaching, Marena has had the opportunity to teach for Orlando Ballet for 5 years.

Ms Sydney

Sydney began her dance training at the age of three. She has studied multiple genres including jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, acro, tap, and musical theatre. Sydney graduated with her AA from Valencia College. She is currently the hip hop teacher and choreographer for our competition team, and works at Universal Studios Orlando.

Mr Andrey

I was born and grew up in Moscow, Russia. At the age of ten I was accepted to the prestigious Academy of Bolshoi Theater in Moscow where I studied for 8 years. I started my career as a corp de ballet member at Moscow Classical Ballet where I danced for four years and traveled extensively around the world. In the United States, I danced with Ballet Internationale , then joined Cincinnati Ballet as a soloist and finished my career at Milwaukee Ballet as a Leading Dancer.

Ms Jessie

Jessie Wing grew up in Miami Fl, getting her dance education at Donna Lee Studio of Dance and New World School of the Arts. She performed with Miami City Ballet Co in 1992. In 1996 she was hired by Walt Disney World to perform at The Magic Kingdom as a Kid of the Kingdom. In 1998 she was cast in the role of "Maji" the bird in the opening year of Festival of the Lion King. She was promoted as Dance Captain while performing full time, and has over 15 years experience with WDW.

Mr Ray

Ray grew up dancing at his mother's studio since the age of 3. He went on to graduate from Oklahoma City University with a BA in Dance. He is currently a dancer in "Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage" at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Before making Orlando his home, he has danced in many shows including "Encore!" at Tokyo Disney, "The Snow White Musical" at Disneyland, two shows aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines, and "Wicked" at Universal Studios Japan.

Ms Tiana

Tiana Sandh has been a Choral Director for eleven years. She is the current District 9 Chair for Florida Junior Thespians. She has music directed a number of shows with the local community theatre, Moonlight Players as well as directed dozens of educational productions ranging from Little Women to Newsies. She is elated to be providing musical theatre classes, vocal ensemble classes, and private vocal lessons at Clermont Academy of Dance where she grew up dancing!

Ms Erin

Erin Carraway Sundin is a native of Farmville, North Carolina. She found her love for dance when she started classes at the age of 2. While in high school she danced with the North Carolina Academy of Dance Arts where she was a member of the North Carolina Dance Theatre and performed in classic ballets such as The Nutcracker, Stars and Stripes, and La Sylphide. She received a BFA in Dance Performance with a concentration in Jazz from East Carolina University and a K-12 education certificate from Valencia College.

Ms Kiley

Kiley began her training at Clermont Academy of Dance where she studied ballet, contemporary, tap, jazz, and hip-Hop. Kiley graduated from South Lake High School in 2014 during which she was awarded with Female Dancer and two Choreographer Awards from the Cappies Critique and Awards Program. She also had the honor of choreographing for theatre programs in Lake County. Kiley is currently continuing her dance training at Valencia College.

Ms Savannah

Savannah began dancing at the age of three here in Clermont. She attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in LA, where she danced under prestigious choreographers Fresh Redding, Doriana Sanchez, and Donyelle Jones. Savannah has danced in music videos, performed at the 2018 Anniversary Choreographers Carnival, Hollywood Fringe Festival, and had an amazing opportunity to work with Kanye West and many other stars in the industry, including Mia Michaels.